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Vie des saints Simon et Jude

Century: 13

Hagiography

French

Dioc. Cambrai

INCIPIT

Puis le haut jor de l'acenssion Nostre Seigneur, et après la venue del Seint Esperit...

EXPLICIT

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Anonymous: Mon. Valcellensis-Passionaire français (Naso 2217)

Sex: M- Bio: -Status author (order, function): Cistercian Monks (SOCist)

EDITING

Location:Probably Vaucelles - Date:Shortly before 1250 (incorporated in the first 'Passionaire français' I,8) (BHL 7750-7751)(Perrot, 1992:20, 180-189) - Commission: /

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ABSTRACT

Life of St. Simon and St. Jude (+ 1e eeuw). Both were relatives of Jesus and joined the group of apostles at the request of the Lord Himself. According to legend, they separated to preach the gospel. Apostle Simon went to Egypt and Persia while Judas evangelized parts of Arabia, Mesopotamia, Syria and Armenia. Together they suffered martyrdom in Persia about the year 70.

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MANUSCRIPTS

Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 10326
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nouv. acq. fr., 10128

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

MEYER (P.), Versions en prose des Vies des Pères, in: Histoire Littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 401 (fragment)

LITERATURE

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 7750-7751
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 393-458
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 180-189
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 490, 816

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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer

Update:
2014-03-18 11:42:48